René Toft Hansen (born 1 November 1984) is a Danish professional

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er for

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and the Denmark national team. He is the oldest of 5 siblings, all of which are handball players: His brother

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, who also plays for the Denmark national team, and the three younger siblings: Allan Toft Hansen ( da) of

Mors-Thy Håndbold Mors-Thy Håndbold is a handball club, based in Nykøbing Mors and Thisted, Denmark. Currently, Mors-Thy Håndbold competes in the men's Danish Handball League. The home arena of the team is Sparekassen Thy Arena and Thyhallen in Thisted. His ...

Majbritt Toft Hansen Majbritt Toft Hansen (born 27 April 1993) is a Danish handball player for Viborg HK and the Danish national team. Career Toft Hansen began her senior career at Skive fH before moving to SK Aarhus, later Aarhus United. In 2019 she signed a two-ye ...

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and Jeanette Toft Hansen. All five siblings play on the pivot position.

Career

Hansen had his first game with the Denmark national team in 2005. Hansen is European Champion with the Danes, after winning the 2012 Championship in

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, defeating the host nation in the final, 21–19. Also, he won the silver medal at the

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in 2013 in

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(after losing to Spain 35–19) and in 2011 in

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(after losing to France in the overtime 35–37) Hansen moved to

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for the 2012–2013 season. He was named the new

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beginning in the 2015–16 season, after

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's transfer to

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Individual awards

*All-Star Line Player of the European Championship:

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*Best Defender of the EHF Champions League:

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Honours

* Danish Championship: **: 2009, 2011, 2012 **: 2007, 2010, 2021 **: 2022 *

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: **: 2011 * German Championship: **:

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: **: 2013

References

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* 1984 births Living people Danish male handball players Viborg HK players KIF Kolding players THW Kiel players Handball-Bundesliga players Veszprém KC players S.L. Benfica handball players Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Denmark Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in handball Expatriate handball players Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Danish expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Danish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal People from Skive Municipality Handball players from the Central Denmark Region {{Denmark-handball-bio-stub